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123 min | Action, Drama, Sport | 24
July 2015 (USA)
Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer
Tick Willis to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a
tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services.
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writer: Kurt Sutter
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams, Oona Laurence.
Videos
Southpaw -- Clip: Title Fight
Southpaw -- A boxer fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling
apart around him.
Photos
Selenis Leyva at event of
Southpaw (2015) Jake Gyllenhaal and
Rachel McAdams at event of Southpaw (2015)
Southpaw (2015)
Did You Know?
Trivia
The title of the film is a
reference to the eponymous stance traditionally adopted by a left handed boxer.
The term "Southpaw" is also slang for a left handed person. See more
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Goofs
Jimmy Lennon Jr. acts as the ring
announcer for the HBO boxing broadcasts in the movie. However, in real life,
Jimmy Lennon Jr. is the announcer for Showtime, and Michael Buffer is the
announcer for HBO.
Quotes
Billy Hope: A fighter knows only
one way to work
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User Reviews
Deliver Thrills, Heart, and
Action despite the Generic Set-up
21 July 2015 | by awesomeandnew
(United States)
Southpaw is a film starring Jake
Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams, and 50 Cent. It is directed by
Antoine Fuqua and is written by Kurt Sutter. This movie focuses on Billy
"The Great" Hope(Jake Gyllenhaal) rise, fall, and eventual return to
stardom as he treks through losing everything from his wife,Mo(Rachel McAdams),
to custody of his daughter(Oona Laurence), to his title loss. He then meets
Tick(Forest Whitaker) a train and ex boxer, who works hard to teach Billy a new
style of fighting.
This movie is great! This movie
had lots of positives. For one, I thought it carried more emotional heft than
most boxing movies. For the first act and half of the second act the movie
focused on the depression Billy goes through and his eventual light at the end
of the tunnel, Tick. I found this well executed for the most part. Another
Great aspect of the movie are the performances. Jake Gyllenhaal delivers a
hauntingly quiet, arrogant, wounded, and above all angry performance. Though
his performance was grand I do feel like he was a little miscast. Though I
understand Eminem might not be the greatest actor, he stole 8 mile hand down
and I believe he could've added just a tad bit more to the role. Oona Laurence
offers one of the best child performances I've seen this year, with her role as
Laila Hope. Though Gyllenhaal and Laurence give nuanced performances, the best
performance by far was Forest Whitaker and definitely should be nominated for
an Oscar. He was aggressive without being obnoxious. He was sympathetic with
out being a tear jerker. Finally Eminem's son was Phenomenal! (See what I did
there) Oh i almost forgot the direction was visceral and taut to say the least.
He makes the action look brilliant and beautiful.
I basically have only two
problems with this movie. Firstly the writer seems to be playing darts with
everything. He uses a ton of clichés and fails to add nuances to them to make
them original. Basically he squanders the sheer potential of the script by his
unoriginality towards certain things and his abundance of one dimensional
character. Speaking on one dimensional characters Rachel McAdams and 50 cent
give some of the most uninspired performances i have ever seen and I know for a
fact they can both act. What a shame!
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